Beverage Flavor Alcohol Concentrate B-202 from China
14% ethanol solution of odoriferous fruit esters and vanillin for alcoholic beverage production, used as a raw material in distilleries. HTS 3302.90.20 covers this as a preparation based on odoriferous substances for beverage manufacture with >10% alcohol. Supplied in tankers to industrial users.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Provide end-user statements from beverage manufacturers to justify industrial classification
• Alcohol content must be precisely measured; TTB approvals may be needed for US entry
• Segregate from perfumery uses in documentation to avoid confusion with cosmetic headings